{"cve":"CVE-2020-28502","nvd":{"published":"2021-03-05T18:15:12.830","modified":"2026-06-17T03:10:33.037","status":"Modified","description":"This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.1},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"references":["https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082937","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082938","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUEST-1082935","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUESTSSL-1082936"],"products":["xmlhttprequest_project:xmlhttprequest"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:15:50.279857260+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-28502","score":0.04629,"percentile":0.91709,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xg","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xg","summary":"xmlhttprequest and xmlhttprequest-ssl vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection","modified":"2025-01-14T08:57:22.719908Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"xmlhttprequest","purl":"pkg:npm/xmlhttprequest","ranges":["<1.7.0"],"fixed":["1.7.0"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"xmlhttprequest-ssl","purl":"pkg:npm/xmlhttprequest-ssl","ranges":["<1.6.2"],"fixed":["1.6.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}